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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Via Technologies, Inc., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A method of adjusting an access sequencing scheme for a number of PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) compliant units coupled to a PCI bus system on a computer system. These PCI-compliant units are associated respectively with a set of request signals that allow these PCI-compliant units to request the use of the PCI bus system for data transfer. The access sequencing scheme includes a first-layer access sequence loop and a second-layer access sequence loop, with the first-layer access sequence loop having a higher priority over the second-layer access sequence loop The request signals are assigned to either the first-layer access sequence loop or the second-layer access sequence loop in a predetermined manner. The user can change the assignment of a certian request signal from one loop to the other through PC's BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), so as to allow the associated PCI-compliant unit to have a higher priority level to the use of the PCI bus system.